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The World Health Organization estimates that the deaths of 571,000 persons in 1994

in the European Community will be attributable to smoking.

JAMA, March 2,1994, p. 643

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At present smoking rates, 20 million out of Europe's 250 million children will be killed

by tobacco.

Lancet, September 21, 1991, p. 748

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In Europe in the early 1990's, overall smoking prevalence was 45% for males and

25% for females. Highest rates for men was over 60% in Greece, Hungary, and

Turkey, and 57% in Spain and 56% in Poland. The highest rate for women was in

Denmark (47%).

Tobacco Alert (WHO), July 1993, p. 5

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The number of deaths from smoking in Europe just in the age group 35 to 69 years

doubled from 700,000 in 1965 to almost 1,400,000 in 1995. Central and Eastern

Europe have the highest rates of smoking-related mortality in the world.

Interventions for Smokers, pp. 323 and 344

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For the European Union as whole, proportions of smokers in the age group 25-39 are

53 percent for men and 40 percent for women. In the 15-24 age groups, 39 percent of

males and 34 percent of females smoke. In the 25-39 age group for males, 49

percent smoke in the Netherlands, 51 percent in Belgium, 55 percent in West

Germany and 57 percent in France. For women in this age group, smoking

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